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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



C ENTENNIAL M O VEMEN T. 



1876. 



A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS. 



NATHAN APPLETON. 




BOSTON: 
LOCKWOOD, BROOKS, AND COMPANY, 

381 Washington Street. 
1877. 



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COPYRIGHT. 

By NATHAN APPLETON. 

1877. 



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PERSONS REPRESENTED. 



Mr. Charles Everton, a rich Philadelphia merchant. 

Mr. James Everton, his brother, an old bachelor, who likes re- 
pose, and detests the movement. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig, a Yankee decidedly in the movement. 
Knows everybody and everything, and been everywhere. 

Lord FitzGibbon, an English swell and tourist. 

Prince Quitenoff, a Russian swell and tourist. 

Baron Highenstein, a German swell and tourist. 

Count Turbigo, a French swell and tourist. 

The Marquis de Tamborino, an Italian swell and tourist. 

The Captain of the steamship "Columbia." 

The Pilot. 

A Steward. 

A Sailor. 

Mr. Gestall, the Continental Hotel clerk. 

Hon. Moses Jacksington, colored member of Congress. 

Antelope Joe, from the prairies. 

Three Indian Chiefs. 

Ching Ho, a Chinese washerman. 

Prince Fusiami, of Japan. 

Man in charge of the elevator. 

Porters and servants. 

Sam, a colored servant of the old school. 



4 PERSONS REPRESENTED. 

Boy at the soda-fountain. 

Man who pushes the rolling-chair. 

Several children. 

Mrs. Charles Everton (first name Sarah). 

Miss Kate Everton, ) 

( charming young ladies, Mr. and Mrs. 
Miss Minnie Everton, >- 

V Charles Everton's daughters. 
Miss Edith Everton, J 

Miss Abigail Haymeadow, a Quaker spinster, cousin of the 

Evertons, and from the rural districts. 

The flower-girl (from Danbury). 



The First Act is on the deck of the steamship " Columbia," of 
the Philadelphia Line. Time, the last part of June, 1876. 

The Second Act is in the lobby of the Continental Hotel, 
Philadelphia, the evening of the arrival of the steamship. 

The Third Act is at Mr. Charles Everton's house on Walnut 
Street, Philadelphia, about the 8th of July. The stage represents 
the drawing-room and the hall. 

The Fourth Act is in the Main Building at the Centennial 
Exhibition, about the last of July. 

The Fifth Act is on the piazza of the Haut Ton Hotel at 
Long Branch, about the first of September. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



ACT I. 

Scene I. — The deck of the steamship ^^ Columbia,^' of the 
Philadelphia line, about fifty miles from the American 
coast ^ ill the latter part of fime, 1876. 

Mr. James Everton {seated comfortably in a deck-chair, 
smoking a cigar). 

Ah, how I enjoy this repose of early morn, when 
there are few persons on deck, with the fresh air and 
my own reflections for sufficient compan}^ ! I have had 
it now for about ten minutes to-day, and I can't expect 
that it will last much longer : that would be too great a 
boon, — more than I deserve. No, I thought so : it is 
all up now ; for here cornes that frightful nuisance and 
talker, the great American traveller and cosmopolite, 
Mr. Josiah Whirligig, and he will be at me immediately. 
How I do hate these so-called cosmopolitans, with their 
pretended knowledge of every thing, and their real igno- 
rance of most things, certainly most good things ! Well, 
here he is, and my peace is over. 

{Enter Mr. Josiah Whirligig in elaborate sea costume^ 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Good-morning, friend Everton : the top of the day to 
you, and hope I am finding you well. 



o CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. James Everton {gruffly). 

Morning. You are too good. I have been well so 
far. I came on deck early to try to be alone for a short 
time ; but I give it up. 



Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Did yo'J, really ? Why, I came up early for just the 
opposite reason, — to be around, and see what is going 
on, and meet the people. In a word, I like movement, 
you know. Can't stay quiet and alone. 

Mr. James Everton. 

My dear sir, you represent every thing I loathe, — all 
this wild and restless American overgrowth of nerves. 
I hate it ; it makes me furious: but, if you find it amus- 
ing, I suppose it is no affair of mine. You ought to 
meet my brother, the father of these young ladies who 
are with me ; for he is"in the movement with a vengeance, 
— politics, business, society. Christian Associations, — 
every thing : he does it in style. Oh, you will like him ! 



Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
What particular line of business is he in? 

Mr. James Everton. 

Every thing. I could not begin to enumerate. Rail- 
roads, banks, grain-elevators, insurance-companies, pork, 
cotton, mines : in fact, sir (j'ismg), as any Fourth-of-July 
orator might say, he is a splendid specimen of American 
civilization, helping develop the resources of the mighty 
Republic, aiding the eagle in his flight, or any thing else 
you damn please. 



1 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 9 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Bully, bully ! Go on, by all means : co/itinue, 

Mr. James Everton. 

No : that will do for me. All I can say is, that he is 
supposed to be immensely rich. And you must come 
to his house in Philadelphia, — every thing free there. 
I presume some fine day he will " bust : " I think that 
is the word you use for those pleasant interludes in 
business-life, is it not ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Yes, " bust " is the cheese. 

Mr. James Everton. 

And then perhaps, for the first time in his career, he 
will see the advantages of peace, tranquillity, and com- 
parative poverty. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Oh, yes ! that won't do him any harm. There is 
nothinof in the world like chano^e and movement. Give 
me movement ; and I certainly have had my share (sUs 
down). Would you like to have me tell you the history 
of my checkered career ? 

Mr. James Everton {not encouragingly). 

Certainly. Pray begin : and do not be in a hurry ; 
we have all day before us. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Well, then, I began life some forty years ago, in the 



lO CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

interesting town of Danbury, Conn. They tell me that 
I was a precocious boy ; at least, so the nurse said. 

Mr. James Everton {(h-yly). 
I do not doubt but that she was correct. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

At the age of ten I could drive a plough-tandem, to 
the admiration of the village farmers ; and great things 
were predicted of my future. To say that I was to be 
President of this big Republic is nothing. Then, at the 
age of twelve, I met, one day — 

{Enter Miss Kate Everton.) 

Mr. James Everton (aside). 

Thank goodness ! there is one of the girls, and this 
history is nipped in the bud. (Aloud.) Good-morning, 
my dear Kate. How are you to-day ? 

Miss Kate Everton. 

Good-morning, Uncle James. Thanks: I am always 
well, as you know. — Good-morning, Mr. Whirligig. I 
am glad to see that my uncle is in such good company. 
He hardly needs me. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

You do me proud, Miss Kate : only I hope you won't 
make that an excuse to go away. There is nobody else 
up yet. All these princes and barons and lords have 
not left their bunks, and won't for a long while yet, I 
bet. Would you like to hear some of my adventures ? 
for I was just relating them to your uncle. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. H 

Miss Kate Everton. 
Oh, by all means ! only you must let me interrupt you 
whenever I feel like it. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Feel like what, Kate? How often must I tell you to 
be more careful in your expressions? (Aside.) Now, 
then, for some more, until another good angel chokes 
him off again ! 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Well, then, to proceed. Let me see : where was I ? 
Oh, yes ! at the age of twelve, I met, one day — 

{Enter Miss Minnie Everton, running^ and kissing her 
uncle.) 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

Good-morning all, uncle and Mr. Whirligig. Oh, 
what a glorious day ! and what a splendid breakfast I 
have had ! Let me see, — an omelet, a chop, toast, and 
lots of nice things. What did you eat, Mr. Whirligig? 

Mr. James Everton {aside). 
This is better than the story, anyway. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Me ? Let me think. Two soft-boiled eggs, beefsteak, 
kidney, fried bacon, one herring, hominy, rice-cakes, 
coffee, ice-water, — I guess that about completes the 
list. But you must let me continue my history. Silence 
in the house, young ladies, if you please. 



12 centennial movement, 1876. 

Miss Kate Everton. 
What does this mean, sir? I will not keep silent 
unless I happen to want to {^stamps her foot). 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
At the age of twelve, I met, one day — 

{Enter Miss Edith Everton.) 

Miss Edith Everton. 
Well, here you are ! I have found you all at last. I 
looked in the cabin, and, not seeing you there, I con- 
cluded to come on deck ; and here I intend to take my 
breakfast. — Steward, steward ! 

(Enter a Steward.) 

Steward. 
Yes, miss. 

Miss Edith Everton. 
Oh, steward ! get me a nice breakfast, please, — 
broiled chicken and ham, and some raw tomatoes, and a 
cup of tea. 

Steward. 

Very good, miss (retreats). 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
At the age of twelve, I met, one day — 

Mr. James Everton (aside). 
He is bound to have it out. I wonder if he will ever 
get to be thirteen. 

(Enter Prince Quitenoff.) 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 13 

Prince Quitenoff. 
Good-morning, ladies. — Good-morning, MM. Ever- 
ton and Whirligig. Are you feeling what we call in 
Russia horascho ? I think you have the same word in 
American, — allright. 

The Young Ladies {simultaneously). 
Oh, yes ! every thing is lovely: we are all "'horascho''' 

Mr. James Everton. 

There is no necessity for your sneezing in this bois- 
terous manner. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Prince, I am right glad to see you on deck. By the 
way, did you ever hear of my Centennial speech in 
Moscow at a meeting of the magnates of the old Mus- 
covite capital ? 

Prince Quitenoff. 
Really, I did not. What was it, pray ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Oh ! I referred to the friendship between Russia and 
the United States during our late civil war, with an 
allusion to the emancipation of the serfs and our negroes 
happening about the same time; and, with some good 
words for the Tzar, Alexander II., and Abraham Lin- 
coln, clearly proved that Russia was the one nation that 
ought to have the finest exhibit at Philadelphia. I 
brought down the house, you can bet your bottom rouble 
on it. 



14 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, i8;6. 

Prince Quitenoff. 
I do not think I quite understand about the bottom 
rouble ; but I have no doubt what you sa}^ is correct, — 
horascho. 

{Enter Baron Highenstein.) 

Baron Highenstein. 
Guten morgefi, ever}body, damen and herre7i. 

They all reply. 
Good-morning, baron. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Pleased to see you around so early, Herr Baron. By 
the way, did you ever hear the speech I made in Berlin 
about the Centennial? 

Baron Highenstein. 
No, I have not ; but I should much like to, bitte. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Well, Mr. Whirligig, \ see you have dropped the his- 
tory of your life for that of 3'our speeches. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Speeches did you say, sir 1 Well, as for speeches, I 
am warranted to make a speech in any country, on any 
subject, and in any language. Of course it makes no 
difference whether or not I can speak the language. 

Mr. James Everton. 

With your natural eloquence, I should imagine that 
the words were of little consequence. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. i^ 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I was referring to my speech in Berlin on the Cen- 
tennial. Why, I told them that we had three hundred 
thousand Germans in New York alone, to say nothing 
of the rest of the country, St Louis, and the Far West ; 
that they were our best citizens ; that we wanted more 
of them ; and that Germany was naturally the one coun- 
iry that ought to be the best represented at Philadel- 
phia. Do you versieheft ? 

Baron Highenstein. 
Yah, yah ! gut schon. 

{Enter Count Turbigo.) 

Count Turbigo. 

Bon jou7\ mesdaincs et messieurs. I hope you all carry 
yourselves quite well. 

All reply. 
Very well, count, thank you. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Count, we were talking about the Centennial. Did I 
ever tell you of the speech I made at Paris on this sub- 
ject ? No? Well^ then, listen now. I threw in some 
interesting allusions to Benjamin Franklin at Versailles, 
and Lafayette in America. I mentioned the fact that 
to-day France and the United States were the two great 
growing republics on either side of the Atlantic. 

Count Turbigo. 
Tres-hien, very fine. 



1 6 CENTExNNlAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I spoke of the number of Americans who go every 
year to Paris ; and I guess I made it as clear as crystal 
to my audience that France was the o?ie and particular 
nation that ought to do its darndest to be well repre- 
sented at our great show in Philadelphia. Do you com- 
pre?iez ? 

Count Turbigo. 

Oiii, Old, parfaitenient ; and in behalf of my patrie I 
thank you. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Fortunately there are not many more nationalities on 
the boat, or our friend Whirligig would take us all round 
the world wdth them. Ah ! here comes the last, I be- 
lieve. No : there is the Italian also, who will follow 
John Bull. 

{Enter Lord FitzGibeon.) 

Lord FitzGibbon. 
Aw, good-morning, aw. 

All reply. 
Good-morning, mylord. 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

Come here. Lord FitzGibbon. I would so like to 
take a little walk on deck ! 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, you are awfully kind to say so, you know. 
Thanks, aw. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Before you go, mylord, I want to tell you of the little 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 1 7 

speech I made one day quite recently, in London, on 
the Centennial. 

Lord FitzGiebon. 

Aw ! that was awfully good of you, you know. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Yes, was it not.? Well, I told them about the mother- 
country, the Pilgrim Fathers coming from England, 
John Bull and Brother Jonathan, the British lion and 
the American eagle, faith, hope, and charity ; and con- 
clusively exemplified the fact that there was only one 
natiofi that really we expected to have make a fine 
exhibit at Philadelphia, and that nation our own pro- 
genitors and cousins_, the people of Great Britain. Do 
you catch the idea ? 

Lord FitzGibbon. 
Yaas, quite so, you know. {Crosses to Miss Minnie 

EVERTON.) 

Mr. JosfAH Whirligig. 

Then, the next day, I crossed over to Ireland, where 
I addressed a meeting of Fenians on the Centennial, 
saying that they had our entire sympathy ; that they 
were the only people except ourselves who had resisted 
British tyranny and oppression ; and that, of course, 
they should take a greater interest than any one else in 
doing their best at Philadelphia. 

{Ejiter The Marquis de Tamborino.) 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 

Biwn giorfio. 

All reply. 

Good-morning, marquis. 



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CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
By the way, marquis, I think I forgot to mention to 
you the little speech I one day made, at your own city 
of Genoa, about the Centennial. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
I never heard of it, signor. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Yes? Well, I will tell you about it now. I happened 
to be at Genoa ; and so I thought I would seize the 
occasion to make a few remarks, which I did with 
marvellous success, making a great hit by saying, that, 
as Christopher Columbus had discovered America, of 
course Italy was the one land, and Genoa the particular 
city^ that would claim our especial attention as far as 
concerns what it would send over to the Philadelphia 
Exhibition. Buono, was it not, signor ? 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Si, si ?nnlto. 

{The gentle??ien ojfer their arins to the yoicfig ladies, and 
they proinenade up and down the deck.) 

{Enter The Captain.) 

The Captain. 
Good-morning, ladies and gentlemen. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Captain, your most obedient. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 
I beg your pardon, captain ; but, aw, where are we, 
you know, just now.? 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 19 

The Captain. 
How in thunder should I know ? Do you suppose I 
live here ? 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, thanks ; quite so. 

(The Captain walks off^ and talks with the ladies^ 

One of the sailors to Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I think, sir, there is the pilot-boat not far off. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Hurrah, boys ! the pilot-boat ! There she is ! We 
shall soon be on free American soil now. 

{They all crowd round, and look at her zvith their glasses.) 

Mr. James Everton. 

Yes ; and my days of quiet repose will be over, and I 
shall have to be jostled with that horrid crowd at Phila- 
delphia. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Gentlemen, we will now have some fun ; and I pro- 
pose to make a bet with each one of you about the pilot. 
In the first place, we will get up a pool on the number 
of the boat, each one drawing for his number, — one 
dollar a ticket. I am sure the young ladies will be so 
kind as to arrange that for us. 

The Young Ladies. 
Certainly ; of course. What a lark ! 



20 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Then, besides, we will have some extra bets : for in- 
stance, mylord, I will bet with you one pound or five 
gold dollars that the pilot has on a stove-pipe hat. This 
I bet against the field of all other kinds of hats. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

I take the bet, aw, and book it, you know. Awfully 
odd idea, you know. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Then with you, prince, I bet five roubles or five green- 
back dollars, whichever you please, that the pilot is an 
old personal acquaintance of mine : and this is a per- 
fectly fair bet; for I think I know just about half oi those 
in the harbors of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and 
most of the Atlantic ports. Do you take it .'' 

Prince Quitenoff. 

Yes, I will ; and our friend Mr. Everton shall decide, 
from the way you meet him, whether or not you have 
been acquainted before. I put myself entirely in his 

hands. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Good enough. Now, then, as for you, count, I bet a 
napoleon that the pilot will put his left foot on deck 
first when he comes up the side of the ship, you betting 
that it will be his right foot. 

Count Turbigo. 

Very good. I accept, and Mr. Everton shall be the 
judge again. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 21 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
And for the last bet, marquis, I bet with you that the 
pilot has blue eyes. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Bene. 

Mr. James Everton, 
And I bet five dollars that the number of the pilot- 
boat is even, against you that it is odd. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I take the bet. 

{The young ladies distribute tickets for the pool^ and the 
passengers collect roufid.) 

Miss Kate Everton (looking through the glass). 
I can see the number distinctly now: it is 11. — 
Uncle, you have lost your bet. 

All cry out. 
Who has got No. 11.^ 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I have not looked at my ticket yet ; but I am willing 
to bet it is II. I always have luck at these pools. 
Yes, there it is, sure enough, — 11. 

The Young Ladies. 
You don't say so, really ! Well, here is the money. 

{They pay it over to him with some ceremony., coimti7ig it 
carefully^ and comparing it with the number of the 
tickets. The pilot-boat comes near, and the pilot gets into 
his small roiv-boat, a?id approaches the steamship ) 



2 2 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Mr. Whirligig, you have won on the hat question ; for 
I see he has got a stove-pipe on. — Mylord, I am afraid 
you have lost your pound. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, well, I will try not to be troubled about it, you 
know. ( Fays it.) 

{The passe?igers collect at the side of the steamship to see 
the pilot approach and get Ofi board. He climbs up by 
a rope-ladder, and puts his left foot first on deck at the 
Opening in the bulwarks uiade by the sailors.) 

Mr. James Everton. 

Left foot first, of course. Mr. Whirligig, you are 
winning every thing. Blue eyes too : there is no mis- 
taking that with such blonde hair. The pilot is a regu- 
lar sun-bleached Yankee from Cape Cod. — Count, 
marquis, you have both lost, I fear. {They pay the 
fnoney good-naturedly^ 

The Pilot {shaking ha7ids with Mr. Whirligig). 

Hallo, Whirligig, is that you ? Who would have 
thought to see you here, except you are everywhere all 
the time, as we all know? Come over to see the Cen- 
tennial, I guess. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I think there is no doubt but that I have won that 
bet too. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce 
my friend Captain Fearnought, of Hyannis ; and I can sa}^, 
too, that he is just the best pilot on the Atlantic coast. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 23 

Mr. James Everton. 
Glad to meet you, captain. It is enough that you 
are a friend of Mr. Whirligig ; for, besides winning all 
our mone}^, he has done more for our amusement than 
any one else on the ship. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
You do me proud, sir ; you make me blush. — By the 
way, captain, have you got any late papers ? What is 
the news ? Does Turkey still exist ? and what is gold 
selling at ? 

The Pilot. 

Here they are : you must find it out for yourself. I 
don't care much for such things : I am not in the move- 
ment like you. (Ne gives him a package of papers^ 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig (taking the papers, a7id distrib- 
uting the7n.) 

Steward, bring up champagne for the crowd. I stand 
treat : I have won all the money. 

{T/ie steward brings up champagJie : they all Jill their 
glasses, and drink to the health of the United States, the 
Centennial, the captai?i of the steamship, the pilot, 
Mr. Whirligig, a7td everybody else,) 

END OF first ACT, 



2 4 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



ACT II. 

Scene I. — The lobby of the Co7itmental Hotel, Philadel- 
phia ; the office on the left, the elevator opposite, and the 
ba7'-room in the distance ; guests, travellers, hotelporto's, 
etc. 

{Enter Mr. Josiah Whirligig, Prince Quitenoff, 
Baron Higkenstein, Lord FitzGibeon, Count 
Turbigo, and The Marquis de Tamborino.) 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig {going up to the desk, and recog- 
nizing at once o?ie of the clerks). 

Why, how are you, Mr. Gestall ? Glad to see you 
again. When I left, I think you were at the Astor 
House. 

Mr. Gestall. 

Yes ; but I was asked to come on here to look after 
things during the Exhibition. Delighted to meet you 
here. What can I do for you 1 

Mr. Josiah- Whirligig. 

Well, I will tell you what you can do for me. First 
let me introduce my friends just arrived in the steamer 
with me : Prince Quitenoff of Russia, Baron Highenstein 
of Germany, Lord FitzGibbon of England, Count Tur- 
bigo of Paris, and the Marquis de Tamborino of Italy. 
( The gentlefuen bow.) 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 25 

Mr. Gestall. 
Delighted to make your acquaintance, gentlemen. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

And I want you to give us all just the best rooms you 
have got in the house. 

Mr. Gestall. 

We are rather full now, naturally; but I am certain we 
can accommodate you and any of your friends. {Looks 
at his lists.) Yes, here I have some excellent rooms, 
numbers 87, 92, 96, 103, 115, and 124. {Rings the bell?) 
Here, boy : take the gentlemen's baggage, and show them 
up to their rooms whenever they are ready. 

Prince Quitenoff. 

You seem to have the magic touch, Mr. Whirligig. I 
think I shall stay by you during my trip, or at least as 
long as you will let me. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Yaas, it 's awfully jolly to travel with you and all that 
sort of thing, you know. 

Baron Highenstein. 
Yah, yah. 

Count Turbigo. 
You are immense, monsieur. 

Marquis de Tamborino. 

The Colosseum of Rome and Vesuvius combined are 
nothing to your magnificence and power, signor. 



26 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Before going to our rooms, you must all take another 
drink with me, I insist. But first let us look at some of 
the other arrivals : it will amuse you. 

{Efifer Hon. Moses Jacksington, colored 7nember of 
Congress from one of the Souther?i States ; o?ie of the 
7vhite porters following him with a carpet-bag.) 

Hon. Moses Jacksington (to the clerk). 

Look a-here, boss : reckon I want a right smart good 
room. Ben sent up here by my district to see this big 
show you 've got in Philydelphy. 

Mr. Gestall. 

All right, Mr. Representative. I have a fine room 
ready for you on the sixth story, — white gentleman's 
room : no discount on that. 

Hon. Moses Jacksington. 

Well, you 're mighty clever, sartan ! {To the porter.) 
Here now, you white trash, just take all my trunks and 
hat-boxes and de rest ob my fixins up stairs, darn quick 
too, if you want to get an honest colored gentleman's fee, 
— ten cents clean money. What 'syer about dare? why 
don't yer move ? If yer don't work for a libbin, yer 
must expect to starve. 
(Enter three Indian chiefs^ Green Cheese, Roaring 

Hyena, and Speckled Goose, with Antelope Joe, a 

ivhite man with long hair on his shoulders^ as an intcr- 

pf'der.) 

Antelope Joe. 

Stand out of the way, you nigger ! I 've got a party of 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. ^7 

Indians here. They are the lords of the soil, the original 
aborigines; and I guess they come first. Mr. Landlord, 
what can you do for us ? 

Mr. Gestall. 

Well, I think I can fix you all straight in a few 
moments. Don't be impatient. 

Hon. Moses Jacksington. 

Who calls me a nigger? Eh, what do you t'ink ob 
dat ? I'se no nigger. I'se a representative of the people 
at Congress. Eh ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Oh, it 's all right, gentlemen. We can't have any 
trouble here. We are all friends. Hon. Mr. Jacksing- 
ton, your hand : I met you two years ago speechifying 
down in your State. And as for you, Antelope Joe, why, 
you remember perfectly three years ago last October we 
were out on the plains together. Just introduce me to 
the Indian chiefs, and I will put you through bully. 

(A general introdiictioji folloivs. Enter Ching Ho, a 
Chinese zvashennan in Chinese dress.) 

Ching Ho. 

Me fetch closy for a white colored gentleman what 
lives top side of the big housy. Want one and halfy 
dollar. 

Mr. Gestall. 

All right, John Chinaman : very good. Leave the 
clothes ; and here is the cash. 



28 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Ching Ho. 
Me no takey paper : me want good silver cash. 

{Enter Prince Fusiami of Japan in ordinary dress of 
the day.) 

Prince Fusiami. 

Here, off with you, Chinaman ! you know nothing. 
Japs everybody here. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

We like you all, — Japanese, Chinese, Siamese (even 
the Twins), Sandwich Islandese. Come on ; for there is 
plenty of room. We extend a general invitation. Prince 
Fusiami, doubtless you scarcely remember me ; but I 
had the privilege of meeting you one day at the office of 
the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, where you 
and a delegation of your countrymen were studying up 
our financial system. Glad to see you again (they shake 
hands). And now let me introduce you to my friends. 
{A general introduction foUoivs?) Mr. Gestall, you must 
give the prince a first-class room. 

Mr. Gestall. 
All right, sir : I find I have one or two more left yet. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig {to Ching Ho). 

John, my boy, I shall have some washing for you 
soon. I once passed a couple of months in China, and 
like your system of mangling. 

Ching Ho. 
Thankee muchy, Amelican gentleman : me washy 



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good. {Ths elevator stai'ts itp, filled with passengers^ 
Oh, me big scared ! What all that room mean go top- 
side ? I run quick away homy. 

Hon. Moses Jacksington. 

Oh, dat nothing. Whar you libbed all dis time ? 
Dat's the elevator what takes you up topsy-turvy as 
you say. Hah ! 

Ching Ho. 

Me no liky that : me rather go topside by the big 
steps. Me run off, chin chin. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Well, gentlemen, I guess we had all better go now 
and take a drink to wash the dust of travel out of our 
throats, and prepare ourselves for the work of seeing this 
big Centennial show. Come ahead, all. What shall it 
be? cocktail, mint julep, brandy smash, claret cobbler, 
or even soda lemonade t Nothing better. I pays the 
money this time again, and you takes your choice. 
Hurrah, boys ! on with the dance ! 

END of second ACT. 



30 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



ACT III. 

Scene I. — Mr. Charles Everton's house in Philadel- 
phia. A large part of the stage represents a handso7ne 
dj-azving-room, and the rest the hall. Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Everton, Misses Kate, Minnie, and Edith 
EvERTON, /// full evening dress. 

Mr. Charles Everton {to Mrs. Everton). 

Well, my dear, here we are all ready : pray whom are 
we to have at dinner to-day ? 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

Oh ! you must ask the girls that question : they have 
had all the arrangement of it. I merely inquired of 
them how many there were to be, and said I would pro- 
vide dinner accordingly ; but left the guests to them, at 
their particular desire. I presume they have invited 
some of their swell foreign acquaintances of the voyage. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

That is a free and easy style of doing things ; rather 
different from the way they were managed in my youth : 
but then I suppose we must have progress and "move- 
ment," as an eccentric Yankee named Whirligig, who 
called at my office to-day on some business, said. But 
I dare say it is all right. — Well, girls, whom are we to 
be favored with ? 



CENXENxNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 3^ 

Miss Kate Everton. 
Whirligig, did you say, papa? Why, he came over on 
the steamer with us too ; and, if I had only known where 
to find him, I would certainly have invited him ; for I 
think he is ever so nice, in spite of his oddities. 

Miss Edith Everton. 

Well, we have got, in the first place, a genuine Russian 
prince. His name is Quitenoff: pretty, is it not? and 
how nice to be called Princess ! 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

And I suppose you asked him here to meet an Ameri- 
can merchant prince and railroad king combined, eh ? 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

That is real clever of you, papa : only it is no better 
than what my friend Lord FitzGibbon of England can 
say, when he wants to ; but the trouble is that he is very 
sh}^, and does not talk much. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

So w^e are to have a lord also, — a real live one. It 
seems to me you employed your time pretty well on the 
boat. 

Miss Kate Everton. 

Yes, indeed we did. And then we liave a German 
baron and a French count. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

I suppose we must take care to put them far away 
from each other at table, or they may want to fight their 
battles over again. Well, and is that all ? 



32 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Miss Edith Everton. 
There is only one more, and he is an Italian mar- 
quis. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

What a menagerie ! 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

I hope, girls, you have invited your Uncle James to 
look after them, and talk some of their strange lan- 
guages. 

The Misses Everton {together). 

Oh, yes ! he will be here anyway. 

{The foreigners enter the hall.) 

The Negro Servant {in the hall, aside). 

These gemmen gabe me dare names ; and so I s'pose 
dey wants me to holler dem out. I hab heard said dat 's 
de way dey do t'ings in Europe. Well, here goes. {Opens 
the door to the drawing-roo7n, and announces.) His Ex- 
cellency Prince Whitesnuff, His Majesty Baron Having- 
a-high-time, Mylord Fitz-jibboom, His Royal Highness 
Count Twirl-and-go, His Eminence the Marquis Tam- 
bourines and hand-organs. Eh, what der yer tink ob 
dat ? Hi ! 

{^General introductions and bowing follow?) 
Mrs. Charles Everton. 

Gentlemen, we are delighted to w^elcome you in Phila- 
delphia ; and allow me to thank you all for your atten- 
tions to my daughters on the voyage. 

{The gentlemen bow, and return thanks in different lan- 
g2iages.) 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 33 

Mr. Charles Everton. 
You have done well to come here ; for we think we 
have a pretty good show to offer you. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, yaas, awfully jolly, you know, and all that sort 
of thing. 

Prince Quitenoff. 

It is far finer than any thing of the kind that has been 
attempted in Europe ; for I have seen them all. 

Count Turbigo. 
Immense ! 

Baron Highenstein. 

Vienna was an infant in comparison. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Magnifico. 

Miss Minnie Everton {aside). 

How polite they all are ! One hardly knows what to 
say ; but I think I will stick to my little Englishman. 
{To Lord FitzGibbon.) Mylord, when you get tired of 
Philadelphia, you must visit some of our watering-places, 
— Long Branch, Saratoga, or Newport, — where you know 
polo is all the rage. I suppose, of course, you play it. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Yaas, I fancy I 'm rather clever at it, you know : near- 
ly killed myself two or three times, 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
Prince, baron, count, marquis, mylord, what is the 



34 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

finest thing you have seen at the Exhibition ? What 
struck you especially, I should be curious to know. 

Miss Edith Everton. 

Ohj mamma ! don't ask conundrums in this weather : 
it is really too hot. 

Count Turbigo. 

I can easily tell you, mademoiselle, what most de- 
lighted me. It is the beauty and grace of the American 
ladies. 

Miss Kate Everton {aside). 

Oh the gallantry of these Frenchmen ! It is some- 
thing overpowering and beyond belief. {Aloud.) Merci, 
count, in behalf of my sex and nationality; again, merci. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 
Such small feet, 3'ou know ! 

Prince Quitenoff. 
Such accomplishment in manners ! 

Baron Highenstein. 
Such ethereal forms ! 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Such blonde and sunlit tresses ! 

Mr. Charles Everton (aside). 
That is the way these fellows bamboozle our Ameri- 
can girls in Europe. Stuff and nonsense ! Nothing but 
a lot of words. Why don't they come right out and say, 
" Such rich and good-natured papas " ? 



i 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 35 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

What is keeping Uncle James all this time ? We won't 
wait for him much longer. Ah ! there I hear him talking 
in the entry with some one : who in the world can it be ? 

(Mr. James Everton aiid Mr. Josiah Whirligig meet 
in the hall, having Just come in together, _ Mr. Josiah 
Whirligig is in frock-coat^ with a dark scarf and dark 
trousers^ 

Mr. James Everton. 

Why, glad to see yon, Mr.Whirligig ! So we are to have 
the pleasure of your company at dinner to-day also. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Dinner, dinner ! what do you mean ? Oh ! I see you are 
in swallow-tail coat: so I suppose you are having a big 
dinner-party here. I did not know any thing about it. 
I took my early dinner long ago at the Southern restau- 
rant, up in the Centennial grounds ; and I thought I 
would just drop in to pay my respects to the young 
•ladies ; but, as they are engaged, I won't intrude now : so 
pray present my compliments, and say I will call again. 
{Takes his hat, and starts for the door.^ 

Mr. James Everton (catching him by the shoulder). 

Not a bit of it : we won't let you off that way. Here 
you are ; and here you shall stay, and join the party ; for 
they will all be delighted to see you. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

But I am not in dress, you see ; and I like to observe 
the proprieties of life just as much as you. 



3^ CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1S76. 

Mr. James Everton. 
Oh, that is all right ! don't bother about it. All you 
want is a white cravat, and you will do splendidly. — 
Here, Sam : go up to your master's room, and bring down 
one of his white cravats. 

Sam {the colored servajit). 
Yes, sah, yes, sah : I goes right away. 

Mr. Josiah W-hirligig. 
Well, I rather like this. I am good for any emergency. 

(Sam returns with the cravat^ which Mr. Josiah Whirl- 
igig ////j- o?i by the glass ifi the hall ; and Sam opens the 
door, and announces^ 
Massa James Everton, Squire Squirrel-in-a-jig. 

Mr. James Everton. 
I captured our friend Mr. Whirligig just here at the 
door, and insisted upon his coming in. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
I am sure we are delighted to have you here, sir. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 
Indeed we are : make yourself entirely at home. I 
think you know all the company. {They boiv, and shake 
hands.) 

Miss Kate Everton. 

It has been very rude of you not to have called before, 
Mr. Whirligig: I am sure I won't forgive you for your 
neglect of us generally, and me in particular. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Won't you really. Miss Kate ? not if I try to do better 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 37 

in the future ? But the fact is, I have been so busy, you 
have no idea ; been running round every which way, not 
a moment to myself. — I beg pardon of your family 
through you, Mrs. Everton, for my apparent impolite- 
ness ; but really it was not intentional. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
I think you will very easily be pardoned, Mr. Whirli- 
gig : my daughter Kate will take charge of that. 

(Sam opens the door into the dining-7'007n, and announces 
i?i a loud voice and with a magnificent gesture.) 
The dinner is served. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 
Prince Quitenofif, will you offer your arm to Mis. 
Everton? Mylord, will you take Miss Minnie in.? 
Marquis, could you be so good as to escort Miss Edith? 
As for you, Kate, I am sure Mr. Whirligig will be happy 
to make amends at once. Baron, count, I am sorry that 
we have not more ladies : but I am not responsible for 
it in the least, as it was my daughters who entirely 
arranged the guests ; and I am inclined to think that 
they did not invite any of their young lady friends, just 
to keep you to themselves without any rivals. Brother 
James, will you look after the baron while I take charge 
of the count ? and I can assure you, gentlemen, that any 
two American citizens may well feel proud at escorting 
such distinguished representatives of France and Ger- 
many to their places around the festive board at one of 
our Philadelphia homes during this Centennial year. 

end of third act. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



ACT IV. 

Scene I. — The scene 7'ep7'ese7its the interior of the Main 
Exhibition Building at the Centennial groimds. A 
soda-fountaifi ifi the middle. 

Mrs, Charles Everton {to the hoy at the soda-foim- 
tain). 

Young man, give me a glass of raspberry soda. I 
am very thirsty. 

The Boy. 

Here it is, ma'am : ten cents, if you please. 

Mrs. Charles Everton {pays the ??ioney). 

Wtll, a pretty day I have had of it ; and here I am all 
alone ! All I know is, that we started out together, — I 
and the girls, and my cousin Abigail from the country, 
who wanted to see the sights, and all these marquises 
and counts and princes and barons and lords, and the 
rest of them, — with a general understanding that we 
were to meet at this soda-fountain at five o'clock, where 
my husband was to join us from town. Where we have 
all been, and what we have been doing and seeing in the 
mean time, I am utterly oblivious of. One of the gentle- 
men wanted to look at the Corliss engine ; and so off 
he goes with one of the girls, — I forget which. Another 
insisted upon taking a cup of coffee at the Vienna 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 39 

Bakery : and there they are now, I dare say ; for that 
means two. A third suggested that the Fine-art Gallery 
was the most interesting sight. Somebody else had 
similar views in regard to the Horticultural Hall ; and 
then there was talk about the Government Building, the 
Women's Pavilion, the Brazilian Cafe, — any thing and 
every thing. And so, in the midst of it all, I somehow 
got left to shift for myself; and now here I am alone. 
Young man, another glass of soda, I beg of you. 

The Boy. 

All right, marm ; here it is : as many more as you 
please. 

{Enter Mr. Josiah Whirligig in. a suit of ivkife.) 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

What ! you here, Mrs. Everton, and all alone ? Who 
would have thought that I was to have the extreme 
pleasure of meeting you thus ! 

Mrs. Charles Everton (aside). 

Well, he is polite, after all, just as Kate has always 
said. {To Mr. Josiah Whirligig.) Yes, sir, here I 
am indeed, a lone, lorn woman. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Madam, I am only too happy to have this opportunity 
of offering you my protection and my services, a la dis- 
position de V, as they say for every thing in that interest- 
ing country called Spain. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
Thank you, Mr. Whirligig : you are extremely kind. 



40 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

{E7ifer Mr. James Everton, tranquilly^ 

Mr. James Everton. 
So here you are, sister-in-law ; and you too, Mr. 
Whirligig ; which does not in the least astonish me, for 
you are just the person I should expect to run across 
anywhere and everywhere ; and, as this spot is one of 
the places that might come under that extensive cate- 
gory, here of course you are. Before asking about your 
movements, let me give an explanation of my own con- 
duct. I feel I need one ; for you know, as I have often 
before remarked, I am not, like you, in the movement. 
I was asked, as a member of the family, to pass the 
day at the Centennial Exhibition, and then meet here at 
five. Regard for myself made me drop the Exhibition, 
and pass the day quietly at home ; but love for my 
family has brought me here at the appointed hour (Jie 
looks at his 7vatcli), as I said I would, — yes, just two 
minutes past five. One thing I always respect is punc- 
tuahty at any engagement, and I think I have proved 
my principles this time. But, my dear sir, pray give an 
account of yourself since we last met. What have you 
been doing ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

When you ask me this question, sir, am I to infer that 
you wish me to take up the thread of my life as I left 
it interrupted on the boat, or to state what I have been 
about since I last saw you in Philadelphia, or simply to 
give an account of' this day's proceedings ? 

Mr. James Everton. 

I leave it to you entirely, my dear sir ; for I am sure 
it will all be good. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, i8;6. 4 1 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
Oh, yes! tell us any thing: I am much interested. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Well, then, as I was saying, at the age of twelve — 
No, no, 1 won't go quite so far back as that. Let me 
see : what have I clone since the delightful dinner party ? 
Oh, yes, I have it! lots of things. In the first place I 
met his majesty Dom Pedro, and we talked over old 
times, of how I went to Rio Janeiro years ago to help 
him start his horse-railroads there : a good thing it was 
for me, though I lost all the money made there, since, 
speculating on Big Bonanzas at San Francisco. Then of 
course I had to interview Don Carlos, — you did not 
perhaps know that I was down with him in Spain, writ- 
ing letters for one of our papers, — and we settled the 
whole Spanish-Cuban-American question satisfactorily, 
Well, I have also been on to Washington for a couple 
of days, trying to make them hurry up their ridiculous 
session, and letting some of the donkeys there know the 
difference between gold, silver, and irredeemable paper, 
from experience. I'hen I struck off to Columbus, C)., 
to congratulate that good old soldier Governor Hayes on 
his nomination for the presidency. We passed by Pitts- 
burg and some other places on the way — a centennial 
excursion party of scientists from all over the world — 
to have a look at the coal-mines and oil-wells, the whole 
affair gotten up by that prince of railroad presidents, 
Tom Scott. From the West I returned East vid, Sara- 
toga, where I remained just two days, — time enough to 
drink a barrel of water and ask our friend Mr. Tildtn 
to hurry up his letter of acceptance. Finally I thought 



42 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

I ought not to neglect the " Hub :" so I went on to Mas- 
sachusetts to give Ben Butler some good points about 
reform. And, as the circus clowns say, here I am again 
safe at Philadelphia. 

Mr. James Everton. 

That must have been light work for you, Whirligig. 
As for me, the mere recital has used me up. I must 
go and buy some fans. — My sister-in-law, will you come 
uith me.? I have something important I must tell you 
in private. — Will you excuse us a moment, Mr. Whirli- 
gig? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Certainly, certainly : don't mind me. 
{Jliey go off to the Japanese department to buy some fans.) 

Mr. Whirligig (alone, to the audience). 

Well, I 'm in a pretty fix now, and things are getting 
worser and worser every moment ; and, as to how it will 
end, I give up the conundrum. I went early to Everton's 
office this morning on some particuhir business; and 
he look me at once into his private room, and said, 
" Whirh'gig, my boy, you are a good fellow. There is 
something about you I like, and I feel I can trust you." 
I replied that he honored me, and requested him to 
proceed. Said he, " If you can help me in this matter, 
there is hardly any thing I will refuse you. There is," 
he continued excitedly, " a conspiracy going on among 
all these distinguished foreigners to rob me of my daugh- 
ters ; very flattering, I dare say, but it must be stopped ; 
and you are the person who can do it." — "Me, sir?" 
I replied : " what do you mean .? For once in my life, I 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 43 

am bamfoozled." — "Why, just this: you have got to 
make desperate love to each one of the girls, and get 
engaged to them all just as quick as you can, so as to 
prevent these men from doing it ahead of you. Which 
is after which, I don't pretend to know; and the only 
way to be sure of safety is to make a clean sweep of 
them all. I don't mind the Britisher so much, becayse 
he speaks a language I can understand ; but as for the 
otheis, I won't have any of their tomfoolery." — " But," 
I suggested, " delightful as the programme is, what am 
I to do ? Suppose, for instance, that the young ladies 
won't have me?" — "They must and shall," he replied 
vehemently. " Now listen, and I will tell you the situa- 
tion, and then leave it to your own good wit to work out 
the details. They are all going to the Exhibition to-day 
with the madam ; and you must contrive to follow them 
around, separate them, and get your chance just how 
and when you can. And, above all, keep clear of Mrs. 
Everton : don't let her see you, or suspect that there is 
any thing in the wind. You are sure to succeed." Well, 
so I started off on this difficult undertaking; and I 
believe, though I scarcely know for certain, that I have 
accomplished the feat. First, I corralled Edith and the 
Russian prince. They were up in Agricultural Hall ; 
and he was showing her some of the wonders of his 
department, — Russia salve, to cure heart-burns, or 
something of the sort. I managed to get him off on 
some excuse or other, — to buy a fan or some salts for 
the young lady, — knowing well that I could touch him 
on the score of politeness : 't is a national trait. Then, 
having arranged that we should meet in the Carriage 
Annex, I bundled Edith into the train, and hurried her 
off to Landsdowne Valley; and there by the romantic 



44 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

brook, on a rustic bench, I told my love. She neither 
said yes or no, but hinted strongly that I must wait ; she 
would have to think it over, and consult her parents, 
etc., etc. So far, very good. I take her to the rendez- 
vous, consign her again to the prince^ and off I go in 
search of Minnie. After looking about everywhere, I 
suddenly find her in the Government Building with 
niylord, showing him triumphantly our guns and trum- 
pets and continental uniforms, and explaining to him 
how it was we managed to whip the British one hundred 
years ago. I had not time to listen to this otherwise in- 
teresting description, but suggested that we should go to 
the house of the English Commission. Mylord was flat- 
tered at this, and wanted to do the hospitalities. I said 
it was so hot that we had better take the train, though 
it was close by. So off we start ; and I manage to get 
Minnie and myself on the wrong side of the track, and 
mylord on the other. No time to change : so we are 
carried along down to the Machinery Hall. Then I go 
right up to the pumping-room (I always did like the 
noise of water for love-making) ; and on a seat near the 
big cataract, with the spray just reaching us, I tell my 
tale. She first thinks I am joking. I become more 
serious. She lets out some half hints that she is not 
indifferent to the charms of Johnny Bull; and all I can 
get from her is a vague answer that she, too, will come 
to no decision for a few days at least. We leave 
the building. Mylord is wandering about in despair. 
He spies us in the distance, and I return my precious 
charge. Now then, last and not least, comes Kate. 
I remembered she had a taste for flowers : so up I 
go to the Horticultural Hall, thinking she might be 
there. By the best luck, I find her surrounded by the 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 45 

count, marquis, and baron, and talking away at them all 
about our big trees in California. I joined in the melee ; 
and actually, while they were all disputing about the 
plants of their respective countries in various languages, 
I managed to find a chance to say, in good, square, 
American English, just what I had in mind. This time 
it was easier work, for I found it came from the heart ; 
and, to my surprise and pleasure, she blushed and 
looked delighted ; which is more than I can say of the 
others. At any rate, I got through it feeling considera- 
bly better ; and then I excused myself, left her with the 
noble foreigners, and, to cool off, went up to the German 
beer-garden, where I have just refreshed myself with 
three glasses of lager. And now here I am, still and 
always in the movement. 

{Enter Mr. Charles Everton.) 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

Well, my friend, what success. Have you done the 
needful ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Don't ask me : there is no time for explanations. I 
have tried my best, and you must watch to see how it 
turns out. 

(Mr. James Everton afid Mrs. Charles Everton 
return.) 

Mr. Charles Everton {to his wife). 

My dear, I hope you have had a pleasant day of it : 
you know it was impossible for me to get here before 
this. By the way, where are the girls ? 



46 centennial movement, 1876. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

That is a nice question to ask me ; for you ought to 
know that I have n't the least idea. 

{Enter Miss Edith Everton with the marquis and 
prince.) 

Miss Edith Everton. 
Oh, mamma, I have had such a delightfully exciting 
day ! and so many funny things have happened, that I 
must tell you alone {giving Mr. Whirligig a gia?ice). 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig {aside). 
T guQss I can account for some of theni. 

{Efiter Miss Minnie Everton 7vith the count.) 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

Oh, mamma, it has been perfectly delicious to-day ! 
and I have got such queer things to confide to you by 
and by! {giving Mr. Whirligig a glance.) 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig {aside). 
Yes : I reckon I know something about this too. 

{Enter Miss Kate Everton ivitJi the baron.) 

Miss Kate Everton. 

Oh, mamma, to-day has been perfectly elegant ! and I 
have got something blissful to tell you at the first 
chance {with aft arch glance at Mr. Whirligig). 

Mr. Josl\h Whirligig {aside). 
I only hope that refers to me too. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 47 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

Well, girls, where have you been all day ? Explain 
yourselves a little. And where, too, is Lord FitzGibbon ? 

Miss Edith Everton. 

Oh ! we have all got mixed up two or three times, and 
it is no wonder somebody was lost in the end ; but I 
guess he is the only one, and he will probably put in an 
appearance soon : all the others, I think, are present 
or accounted for, as the cadets say at West Point. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Si, SI, ecco. 

Count Turbigo. 
Voila, mademoiselle. 

Baron Highenstein. 
Yah, yah, schm. 

Prince Quitenoff. 
At your side always, miss. 

{Enter Lord FitzGibbon, looking astonished.) 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, where am I, you know } I fancy I must have 
got lost, and all that sort of thing. Big buildings, you 
know ; quite a crowd too, you know, aw. 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

I thought you were with me as I came down from the 
post-office, where I had been sending a letter to an old 
school friend ; but I looked round, and it was the count 



48 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

in your place. However, I forgive you; but you must 
be more wide awake another time. 

(Mr. Josiah Whirligig sta?ids at one end of the stage 
alo7ie. Mrs. Charles Evertom is at the other end 
with Mr. Charles Everton. The foreigners grouped 
about in differ e?it parts. Mr. James Everton reads a 
paper in the rear?) 

Miss Kate Everton {goes up to Mr. Whirligig, and 
says in a stage whisper). 

Keep up courage : I think it will be all right. I shall 
tell mamma and papa about it as soon as possible. 
(Passes across the stage.) 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
I burn with impatience. 

Miss Minnie Everton {going up to Mr. Josiah Whirl- 
igig, says in a stage whisper). 

I fear I cannot give you much encouragement ; but 
nevertheless I will refer the matter to my parents, for 
discussion at least, at the first opportunity. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Oh, really ! don't distress yourself about it, I pray. 

Miss Edith Everton {going up to Mr. Josiah Whirl- 
igig, says in a stage whisper). 

I am so confused by the events of the day, that you 
must not hurry me for an answer ; but I will lose no 
time in telling my good father and mother of your flat- 
tering offer. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 49 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I hope, miss, you will do nothing rash. 

{The young ladies cross over to Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
EvERTON, one after another^ 

Miss Kate Everton. 

Only think, mamma and papa, I have had an offer to- 
day ! 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

As for me, mamma and papa, I have had two offers. 

Miss Edith Everton, 

Oh, that is nothing, dear mamma and papa and sisters ! 
for I have had five. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
Who are they all, my girls ? Tell me at once. 

Mr. Charles Everton Qiervous/y). 

Don't you think, my dear, we had better wait until 
we get home ? This is not a very good place for any 
such confidences. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

No, no ; you must tell us now : I should never be able 

to wait. 

Miss Kate Everton. 

Well," then, Mr. Whirligig wants me to marry him. 

Misses Minnie and Edith Everton {together). 

Mr. Whirligig ? What nonsense ! Why, he made me 
the same proposal ! 



50 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

jMr. Josiah Whirligig {aside, seeing from the other side 
what is taking place). 

Oh, thunder ! it 's all up with me now. This is the 
worst thing I ever heard. . 

Misses Kate, Edith, and Minnie Everton {together). 
Oh the wretch and deceiver ! 

Mr. Charles Everton {aside, and walking off to the 
middle of the stage). 
This is lovely. 

Lord FitzGibbon {going up to him). 

My dear sir, I want to say that I love your daughter 
Minnie, and hope to make her my lady, you know, aw. 

Prince Quitenoff {going tip to Mr. Charles Everton). 

My dear sir, I do myself the honor to love your daugh- 
ter Edith ; and I have just asked her if she would like to 
become a princess. 

Count Turbigo. 

Cher monsieur, I adore Mees Edith. Might I cherish 
the hope that she will return my affection, and become a 
countess in deigning to accept me ? 

Baron Highenstein. 
Meinherr Everton, I am all love for t\\Q frduleiji Edith. 
I ask her to become baronne^ and I now await her an- 
swer and your approval. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 
Signor, all my affection is for the signorina Edith. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 5 1 

The most beautiful palace in Genoa is at her disposition, 
if she only wishes it and me. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

Stop, stop ! this is too much. What am I to do ? This 
is the most complicated business transaction that ever 
came for me to unravel. 

{Enter ajloiver-girl^ going to her place at one of the flower - 
stands. She recognizes Mr. Josiah Whirligig at once, 
gives a start, and goes up and kisses him.) 

The Flower-Girl. 

Why, Joe, is that you ? Who would have thought of 
meeting you here? Where have you been since you 
bade me good-by at Danbury three years ago .'* I 'm here 
at the show, you see. Our State commissioner, an old 
friend of dad's, got me the place. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig (a little confused). 

Did he, then ? how nice ! I want to hear about it some 
day ; but you see I am very busy now. 

The Flower-Girl. 

You will find me at my little bower, close by, 'most any 
time; and mind you don't go back on an old friend for 
all these fine ladies here. 

Miss Kate Everton {aside). 

Old friend, indeed! I shall have to see what this 
means. That makes four of us in one day ; which is 
going it rather strong. I am sure that I was never 
engaged to more than two men at a time, and they 
were nothing but Harvard students. 



52 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

{^Enter the cousin fro)n the country, in a rolling-chair, in 
the middle of the stage.) 

Miss Abigail Haymeadow (an old maid). 

Lawk a mercy, here you are, be yer ! This young 
man has been driving me round as if I was a hay- 
cutting machine, and I am all dumbfounded at what I 
have seen. It beats any fair we ever had in our county, 
sartain sure. I got such a beautiful glass of milk up 
there at the dairy ! Well, what are you all standing 
round and gazing at me this Vv^ay for ? Am I the first 
Quakeress you have ever seen? {To the foreigners.) 
Young men, take your eyes off of me ! (To Mrs. Ever- 
TON.) Cousin Sarah, give me your Martha Washington 
fan ; for I am really blushing. 

Mr. James Everton {going up to her with a comic 
expression). 

Cousin Abigail, never fear : I will save you by the 
respectability of my age from the persecutions of the 
younger members of my dangerous sex. Allow me to 
be your escort for the rest of the day. 

Miss Abigail Haymeadow. 

I think you are as bad as any of them, you have lived 
so long in that wicked Paris. But I am beginning to 
get hungry. Is n't it time for us to go and get a meal 
somewhere? I am nearly famished; for I have taken 
nothing but that cup of milk and a slice of bread since 
morning. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

This I consider an excellent idea ; and I was just 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. S3 

about to ask you all to come and dine with me at the 
Southern restaurant, and try some old-fashioned Ameri- 
can dishes. 

Count Turbigo. 

I should never allow this, sir : I insist upon you all 
giving me the pleasure of your company at the Troi's 
Freres Frovmfanx, where every thing has the true flavor 
of the Palais Royal. 

Baron Highenstein. 

Nein, nein, dat cannot be : you must allow me to offer 
you the hospitalities of the fatherland at Lauber's Ger- 
man restaurant. 

Prince Quitenoff. 

Oh, I cannot think of that ! Unfortunately, we have no 
Russian traktir here ; but Lafayette is a name dear to us 
all ; and so you must come and dine with me in the 
cafe which is honored in bearing his illustrious name. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Aw, no, no, no, you know! I am sure you cannot 
resist my invitation to try some roast beef in the Great 
American restaurant, and drink to the memory ot 
George Washington, and all that sort of thing, you 
know. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 

Just the very proposal I was going to make in respect 
to Christopher Columbus. 

Mr. James Everton. 
Ladies, gentlemen, and friends from all countries, I 



54 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

have been listening with great interest to your remarks 
for some time ; and, deeply sensible as we are of your 
individual and collective kindness, I see plainly, that^ if 
this sort of thing is to continue, we shall have no dinner 
at all ; and I, too, am beginning to feel an interior gnaw- 
ing. Now, 3^ou must allow me to decide this question 
for you, just as I did the bets on the boat coming over. 
You are so desirous of having us accept your kindly 
offered hospitalities, that I, in behalf of the family, 
gladly do so. But the dinner must be divided amongst 
you all except Mr. Whirligig, as our foreign guests are 
to carry the day. Some other time, he can have his 
chance. As for the place, in the face of so many ex- 
cellent restaurants proposed, and the difficulty of select- 
ing any one, I suggest that w^e all drive up the hill to 
Proskauer's, where, with the cool air on the piazza, at a 
cosy table we shall be as comfortable as possible. 
What say you to this ? 

All, 

Agreed, agreed ! Let us be off at once. 

Miss Abigail Haymeadow. 

And do you calculate this young man will be able to 
wheel me over there in this 'ere chair ? 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
No, ma'am : I guess it is slightly too far for that. We 
must go outside of the grounds, and get one of those 
Centennial wagons, and take a short Centennial drive, 
and then we shall be in proper condition . for our pro- 
posed Centennial dinner. I had a Centennial shave 
this morning, and my boots got a Centennial shine for 
ten cents ; and I know some one to whom I should like 
to give a Centennial kiss. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 55 

Miss Kate Everton {scornfully). 

The young lady from Danbury, with the Centennial 
flowers, I suppose. 

Mr, Josiah Whirligig {iiot noticing the interruption). 

But, as this cannot be done here and in public, we 
will in every other allowable manner keep up the Cen- 
tennial movement : so now, then, all aboard for Pros- 
kauer's ; for I guess we have by this time got first-class 
Centennial appetites. 

END OF fourth ACT. 



c6 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 



ACT V. 

Scene I. — The piazza of the Haiit Ton Hotel at Long 
Bi'a7ich. 

Mr. James Everton heated alone on the piazza, and 
s??ioking). 

I came here simply to get away from the rest ; not 
because Long Branch is a quiet or desirable place in 
itself, — far from it, — but merely because all the others 
told me they were going elsewhere. My brother Charles 
and his family were to try Cape May ; all the foreigners 
are to finish up the season at Newport and other sum- 
mer resorts ; while Mr. Whirligig is, I trust, off some- 
where opening the political campaign, and making hard 
soft speeches for Hayes and Tilden, or anybody else, 
for all I care. I want to be quiet, and able to go to 
sleep ; and so I have brought with me " The Saturday 
Review " and " The Nation," and I trust I shall be let 
alone. (^Two or three fashionably dressed children go 
romping by, with bows and arrows and hoops, making a 
great racket?) This is nice, to begin with ! If there is 
any one thing I particularly detest and despise, it is the 
child of the period, who is to be found at hotels. They 
ought all to be spanked, and packed off to bed. I con- 
gratulate myself, at any rate, that I have none of my 
own to be a nuisance to others. (^Enter Mr. Josiah 
Whirligig.) Hallo, Whirligig I you here, of course. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 57 

I was just expecting you. Needless to say that I can- 
not get on without you long anywhere. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

The same to you, my dear sir: only pray do not 
suppose that I came here to see you. Where are the 
others ? Do you know ? 

Mr. James Everton. 
What others ? Oh, horrors ! You do not mean to — 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 
Why, Kate especially, and the rest of the family. I 
had a telegram from her yesterday, saying that they 
could n't get any good rooms at Cape May, and so had 
decided to run down to the Branch instead : so I hur- 
ried off instanter ; and here I am, your most obedient. 

Mr. James Everton. 
From which I infer that Kate has been crazy enough 
to accept you, and that you are soon to be her most 
obedient ; but the worst of it all is, that you will in that 
case, in some mysterious way, be my nephew-in-law. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I assure you, sir, that was the one thing which made 

me hesitate about trying to become a member of the 

family. 

Mr. James Everton {dryly). 

Yes : I see what you mean. 

{Enter Mr. aiid Mrs. Charles Everton with Misses 
Kate, Minnie, and Edith Everton, ajid Sam the 
colored servant. The porters carry large trimks across 
the piazza^ and shawls^ wraps., bags, etc.) 



58 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Here they are, confound them ! and it is all up with 
me. (Throws the newspaper's m disgust away, and 7'ises?) 
My dear brother and sister, the sight of you fills me 
with — 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

Come now, James, you need not tell any fibs : we will 
spare your conscience that future remorse. 

(llie girls rim up and kiss hini^ 

Miss Kate Everton. 
Oh, darling uncle, I am so happy to be with you again ! 

Miss Minnie and Miss Edith (together). 

Me too. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Well, I accept the situation, all the more as I see it is 
the only thing to do. By the way, I presume, from what 
our mutual friend Whirligig has just told me, that we 
can consider ourselves as composing one family party 
now. 

Miss Kate Everton (crosses to Mr. Josiah Whirligig, 
and takes his arm affect ioJiately). 

Yes : it seems it is so. 

Mr. James Everton. 

I should like to know what the other girls propose to 
do about it. 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

You need not trouble yourself for me, uncle dear ; for 
I have only to say the ^vord any time. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 59 

Miss Edith Everton. 

As for me, I need but say one of four words. I have 
merely to select the language. Do you understand ? 

Mr. James Everton. 

My darling Minnie and Edith, excuse an old bachelor 
uncle for appearing cross now and then ; but you know 
perfectly well that I never mean it. Yes, I do under- 
stand what you imply ; and I will congratulate you both, 
as well as the happy m/embers of my sex, on any choice 
you may honestly make. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

That is your old self again. I knew it would come to 
this. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

Sound at heart, — one of the good New-Hampshire 
stock : that is where we come from. Bless the old 
Granite State ! 

Miss Minnie Everton. 

And, now that we are all united and happy, I feel 
encouraged and willing to speak my mind. It is just 
this. {Timidly}) I have rather been falling in love lately 
with our English friend. He may not appear very brill- 
iant to strangers, I admit ; but I know him better than 
any of you, and I find that he thinks and means a great 
deal more than he says. He is the kindest and honestest 
fellow in the world ; and I have an idea that this sort of 
Anglo-American alliance will not do any harm in our 
Centennial year. What do you say ? Shall I accept him, 
or not .'' You must help me decide ; for I expect he will 



6o CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

arrive very soon ; and that ought to mean yes, unless 
there is some good reason to the contrar}^ 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I alwa3^s liked him from the first, and I vote yes. 
But pardon me : this is rather presumptuous on my part, 
as I am only a prospective member of the family. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Whirligig, your instincts, I have noticed, are generally 
correct. If all of you will allow me, with Minnie's 
help, to settle this question, as you have asked me 
before to do on many occasions, I imagine there will be 
no difficulty in arriving at a satisfactory conclusion. 

Miss Minnie Everton, 
Yes, dear Uncle James, I give you carte blanche. 

Mr. Charles Everton {to his wife). 

Sarah, he knows more about these foreigners than we 
do ; and I guess we had better let him fix it. Don't 
you think so .? 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

Just as you say. It is beyond me; and all I ask for 
is Minnie's happiness. 

Mr. James Everton. 

This being so, I say, yes ; many times, yes. {Enter 
Lord FitzGibbon.) Bless you, my children, bless you! 
As I have so often heard at the end of a French play, 
Soyez heu7^eux, 7nes enfants., soyez heiireux. 



centennial movement, 1876. 6 1 

Lord FitzGieeon. 

Is this true, or some American joke you are playing 
on me ? I can scarcely believe it, you know : it is too 
much happiness. 

All say. 

It is perfectly true. 

Lord FitzGibbon {offering his arm to Miss Minnie). 

Well, then, all I have to say is, that the Centennial is 
the best thing I ever knew, you know. Great Britain 
will rejoice at what I am to bring back from Philadel- 
phia. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Well said, mylord ; well said. You have certainly 
taken a prize. Accept my hearty congratulations. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Ladies and gentlemen, as the showman at a country 
fair would say, I have one more lot left. What are we 
to do with it ? 

Miss Edith Everton (laughijig). 

For shame, uncle, to talk so of me ! You need not 
put me up at auction. I am much obliged to you ; but 
I think I can take care of myself. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Very good. But where are all the rest of our Euro- 
pean friends ? I regard our party as incomplete without 
them. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I should not be surprised if they were to put in an 



^2 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, i8;6. 

appearance an}^ moment. I feel it in the air, that they 
may be near us now. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

I should say it was about time for them to return to 
their respective homes, and look after the Eastern ques- 
tion. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Quite true, sir, quite true, and perfectly just ; but they 
all gave me to understand that they must see Long 
Branch before leaving. Probably, as a matter of eti- 
quette, they wish to pay their respects to the President, 
and to thank him for their hospitable reception in our 
land. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

Doubtless this is so ; for we have all noticed how 
polite they always are. 

Miss Edith Everton. 
Dear me ! What shall I do if they all come at once? 
I have got to do something ; but I 'm sure I don't know 
what. Who will help me in this dilemma ? 

All exclaim. 

Your Uncle James is the only person who can do it. 

{The colored porter enters.) 

The Porter. 

This way, gentlemen : come right along. Plenty of 
rooms, gentlemen ; elegant rooms too, gentlemen, 
{E?iter Prince Quitenoff, Baron Highenstein, 

Count Turbigo, afid The Marquis de Tambo- 

RINO.) 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 63 

Mr. James Everton (jjieeting, and shaking them by the 
hand). 

Delighted to have you with us again. Where have 
you come from .? 

Prince Quitenoff. 

I only left New York this morning, where I have been 
passing a couple of solitary days at the Windsor Hotel, 
after a hurried look at Niagara. I met, to my surprise, 
these other gentlemen on the boat. 

Baron Highenstein. 

My case is the same ; except that I come from the 
Fifth-avenue Hotel, after a short trip in the White 
Mountains. 

Count Turbigo. 

The Brunswick House has been protecting me since 
yesterday morning, when I descended there, having 
come direct from West Point. It was with astonish- 
ment that I saw our other friends only a couple of hours 
ago, also on their way to Long Branch. 

The Marquis de Tamborino. 

Strange it is that I, too, should be in the same line 
of movement, as Signor Whirligig would say ! I moved 
two nights ago from Newport to the Albemarle Hotel 
at New York, and from there here to-day. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 

What a curious coincidence this is ! all the more so 
as it is quite by accident that we are here ourselves ; for 
we had intended to go to Cape May. 



64 CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 

All exclaim. 
Curious coincidence ! 

Mr, Josiah Whirligig. 
Yes, and evidently nobody knows any thing about it. 

Mrs. Charles Everton. 
I am sure I don't, at any rate. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

Neither do I. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Nor I ; but I think I can guess. Come, Whirligig, out 
with it; for suspicion surely points its finger at you. 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

I see I might as well make a clean breast of it. I 
only got the news myself last night of the latest move- 
ment ; and early this morning five telegrams went to five 
different liotels in New York, — with what result, you can 
judge for yourselves. Lord PatzGibbon, who was at the 
Brevoort House, seems to have got a trifle ahead of the 
others, and with good effect. 

Lord FitzGibbon. 

Yes. I knew the others were all in the boat ; for I 
saw them come aboard : so I quietly remained in a state- 
room until she arrived at the wharf, left her, and got into 
the train quite unobserved, and, reaching the station 
here, jumped into a hack, and gave the driver an extra 
dollar to drive me fast ; and so appeared in your midst 
while the others were lumbering along in the omnibus. 



CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT, 1876. 65 

Mr. Josiah Whirligig. 

Bully for the mother-country ! You have fairly won 
the race, mylord. Miss Minnie was right in saying that 
you thought more than you talked. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

This is very well as far as it goes ; but I don't want 
any more comedies of the kind played in my family 
just now. — Brother James, you must help me through it.' 
Something must be said and done at once, and you are 
the person to do it. 

Mr. James Everton. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is so evident to 
all, that I will not insult your intelligence by explaining 
it in detail. Here is one of my nieces left, and here are 
four Centennial suitors from over the sea. Now, we do 
not propose to allow our Centennial hospitality to go so 
far as to deprive our land of its fairest treasures. One 
has decided to remain here ; at any rate, if her erratic 
husband that is to be {looking at Mr. Josiah Y/hirligig) 
will let her stay long in any one place. Another has 
chosen to return to the country from which- her ances- 
tors came two hundred and fifty years ago. As for the 
third, who is still a mere child, I take her under my espe- 
cial charge for the next two years. In 1878 we will all 
meet at Paris for the Exposition there ; and then she shall 
decide upon whom she will confer her hand. That is the 
best I can do for you, gentlemen ; and I trust you will 
abide good-naturedly by the decision. Two years pass 
quickly, and you will soon be out of torture. What say 
you to it ? 



66 centennial movement, 1876. 

Prince Quitenoff. 

Baron Highenstein. 

Count Turbigo. 

Marquis de Tamborino. 



Horascho. 
Sch'on. 
Bien. 
Biieno. 



Mrs. Charles Everton. 
I consent to the arrangement. 

Mr. Charles Everton. 

I suppose, then, that I shall have to be satisfied with 
only two more years' possession of my daughter. 

Miss Edith Everton. 

It looks as if it were now my turn to say something. 
Papa, your right hand ; mamma, your left ; Uncle James, 
pray stand in front of me ; while you, Mr. Whirligig, must 
get behind. Sisters, you can fill up the gaps in front 
between Uncle James and our parents ; and Lord Fitz- 
Gibbon, like a true Briton, will wander up and down the 
piazza, and guard all approaches. Now, then, I feel that 
I am safe, and can express my views in perfect security. 
But, when it comes to that, what have I to say ? What 
can I do ? I have to accept the situation ; which means 
that I cannot accept any of my adorers. Are you satis- 
fied with me, or are you not ? Don't be cross, anybody, 
please. Au revoir, then, until we meet in Paris in 1878. 

end of the play. 



Centennial Movement, 

1876. 

A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS. 



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